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On March 3, 2017, a Missouri jury ruled in favor of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its talc supplier Imerys Talc in a lawsuit by a woman who alleged that J&J talcum powder products for feminine hygiene for 36 years caused her ovarian cancer. The victory for J&J comes after three consecutive losses in the St. Louis court, in which … [Read more...]

So far this year, in a single court in St. Louis, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has been ordered to pay nearly $200 million to women who developed ovarian cancer after using its talcum powder products for feminine hygiene, or to the families of women who died.
That was just three cases, and there are about 2,500 more pending. Now, J&J … [Read more...]

A Missouri jury ordered Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to pay $72 million to the family of a woman who died from ovarian cancer after using J&J Baby Powder and Shower to Shower for feminine hygiene for more than 35 years. J&J was found liable for negligence, conspiracy and fraud, according to the family’s lawyers. This is the first jury … [Read more...]

Medical device manufacturer Johnson & Johnson has agreed on a settlement amount of $120 million for the thousands of lawsuits that have been filed against J&J and its subsidiary in regards to their transvaginal mesh device.
The vaginal device allegedly caused organ damage and constant pain after the mesh eroded in women who previously … [Read more...]

The blood thinner market in the United States was worth over $8 billion in 2012 and is expected to grow to over $15 billion by 2018, according to a June 2013 report by pharmaceutical analysts EvaluatePharma. Xarelto, one of a new type of anti-coagulants that doesn't require individual dosing (unlike category leader Warfarin) is big business for … [Read more...]

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